Abstract: Hybrid composite materials including carbon nanotube sheets and flexible ceramic materials, and methods of making the same are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hybrid composite material is provided, the method including: placing a layer of a first flexible ceramic composite on a lay-up tooling surface; applying a sheet of a pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer on the flexible ceramic composite; curing the flexible ceramic composite and the pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet together to form a hybrid composite material; and removing the hybrid composite material from the lay-up tooling surface, wherein the first flexible ceramic composite comprises an exterior surface of the hybrid composite material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2022
Assignees:
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Abstract: CNT foams and methods are provided. The methods may include forming, in a non-solvent liquid, a suspension of CNTs and particles of a pyrolytic polymer; removing the non-solvent liquid; and removing the particles of the pyrolytic polymer to produce a CNT foam having cells that at least substantially correspond to the dimensions of the particles of the pyrolytic polymer. CNT foams having porous structures also are provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
May 10, 2022
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: Nanoscale metal halide perovskites are provided. The nanoscale metal halide perovskites may have a 2D structure, a quasi-2D structure, or a 3D structure. Methods also are provided for making the nanoscale metal halide perovskites. The color emitted by the nanoscale metal halide perovskites may be tuned.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2022
Assignee:
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: An active feedback controller for a power supply current of a no-insulation (NI) high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet to reduce or eliminate the charging delay of the NI HTS magnet and to linearize the magnet constant.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 27, 2021
Publication date:
March 31, 2022
Applicant:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: Tapes and coils for superconducting magnets are provided, along with methods of making the tapes and coils. In one embodiment, the coil includes a rare earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) superconducting tape; and a thin resistive layer of copper oxide, Cr, Ni, or Ni—P substantially coated onto the REBCO superconducting tape, wherein the coated REBCO superconducting tape is wound into a coil form. In another embodiment, the coil includes at least two REBCO superconducting tapes; and a stainless steel tape interlayer disposed between the at least two REBCO superconducting tapes, wherein the stainless steel tape comprises a plating layer of nickel or copper, and wherein the at least two REBCO superconducting tapes together with the stainless steel tape interlayer are wound into a coil form.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2022
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: A method of controlling a fluid flow using momentum and/or vorticity injections. Actively controlling an actuator allows for direct, precise, and independent control of the momentum and swirl entering into the fluid system. The perturbations are added to the flow field in a systematic mater providing tunable control input, thereby modifying behavior thereof in a predictable manner to improve the flow characteristics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 8, 2022
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: A compound of Formula 1: Li1+2x?yZn1?xPS4?y??Ay??(1) wherein A is halogen, 0?x?1, 0?y?0.5, and 0???0.5, and wherein the compound of Formula 1 has an body centered cubic crystal structure. Also a lithium battery and an electrode including the compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 11, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Assignees:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Yan Wang, Jeong-Ju Cho, Lincoln Miara, Yan-Yan Hu, Xuyong Feng
Abstract: Composite materials are provided which may include one or more sheets of carbon fibers woven in orthogonal direction bundles; carbon nanotubes embedded within pores between the bundles; and a matrix material in which the one or more sheets and the carbon nanotubes are embedded. In one case, the carbon fibers lie substantially in an x-direction and a y-direction and the carbon nanotubes are oriented substantially in a z-direction, which is substantially perpendicular to the x- and y-directions. Methods for making the composite materials are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 12, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: Bandgap-tunable perovskite compositions are provided having the formula CsPb(AxBy)3, wherein A and B are each a halogen. The mixed halide perovskite composition has a morphology which suppresses phase segregation to stabilize a tuned bandgap of the mixed halide perovskite composition. For example, the perovskite may be in the form of nanocrystals embedded in a non-perovskite matrix, which, for example, may have the formula Cs4Pb(AxBy)6, wherein A and B are each a halogen. Solar cells and light-emitting diodes comprising the mixed perovskite compositions are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
February 8, 2022
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC
Inventors:
Hanwei Gao, Biwu Ma, Yichuan Ling, Xi Wang
Abstract: An emissive perovskite ternary composite thin film comprising a perovskite material, an ionic-conducting polymer and an ionic-insulating polymer is provided. Additionally, a single-layer LEDs is described using a composite thin film of organometal halide perovskite (Pero), an ionic-conducting polymer (ICP) and an ionic-insulating polymer (IIP). The LEDs with Pero-ICP-IIP composite thin films exhibit a low turn-on voltage of about 1.9V (defined at 1 cd m?2 luminance) and a luminance of about 600,000 cd m?2.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2022
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: Methods for identifying and classifying differences between biological samples are based on replication timing (RT) data. By comparing RT data for a test sample(s) to RT data for already characterized samples, one can identify differences and profile any new cell type or disease. These new methods allow for the detection of all the changes between distinct samples, many of which would escape detection by previous methods that discard any features showing any intra-sample variation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 1, 2022
Assignee:
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
David M. Gilbert, Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia
Abstract: The orthogonal space random walk (OSRW) algorithm is generalized to be the orthogonal space tempering (OST) method via the introduction of the orthogonal space sampling temperature. Moreover, a double-integration recursion method is developed to enable practically efficient and robust OST free energy calculations, and the algorithm is augmented by a novel ?-dynamics approach to realize both the uniform sampling of order parameter spaces and rigorous end point constraints. In the present work, the double-integration OST method is employed to perform alchemical free energy simulations, specifically to calculate the free energy difference between benzyl phosphonate and difluorobenzyl phosphonate in aqueous solution, to estimate the solvation free energy of the octanol molecule, and to predict the nontrivial Barnase-Barstar binding affinity change induced by the Barnase N58A mutation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 18, 2022
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: A protection system capable of safely quenching a high temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet coil. The protection circuit provides for a frequency loss induced quench design that advances the protection technology for HTS magnet coils and provides a protection system that is capable of quickly distributing the heat energy uniformly in all the coil sections when a localized hot-spot is created.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2022
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for pre-lithiation of negative electrodes during lithium loaded electrode manufacturing for use in lithium-ion capacitors. There is provided a system and method of manufacture of LIC electrodes using thin lithium film having holes therein, and in particular, to the process of manufacturing lithium loaded negative electrodes for lithium-ion capacitors by pre-lithiating electrodes with thin lithium metal films, wherein the thin lithium metal films include holes therein, and the lithium loaded negative electrodes are manufactured using a roll-to-roll lamination manufacturing, process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 10, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2021
Assignee:
THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a central executive training (CET) platform that targets central executive processes, rather than short term memory. Central executive deficits have been linked experimentally and developmentally with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and impairments. Unfortunately, substantial evidence indicates that conventional working memory training programs fail to improve these symptoms and impairments. This discrepancy may reflect insufficient targeting, as extant protocols focus on short term memory and do not adequately engage the specific central executive components linked with the disorder's behavioral and functional impairments.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2021
Assignee:
Florida State University Research Foundation, INC.
Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of emetine compounds for the treatment or prevention of Flavivirus infections, such as dengue virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Flavivirus virus infection, such as dengue virus infection, by administering an emetine compound such as emetine or cephaeline, or a combination of two or more emetine compounds, to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting Flavivirus infections such as dengue virus infections in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Flavivirus infections, such dengue virus infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
December 28, 2021
Assignees:
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., The Johns Hopkins University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Inventors:
Hengli Tang, Emily M. Lee, Anil Mathew Tharappel, Hongjun Song, Guo-Li Ming, Wei Zheng, Miao Xu, Shu Yang, Ruili Huang, Wenwei Huang, Khalida Shamim, Hao Li
Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to an assistive assessment platform directed to improving the efficiency of student assessment administration, the ease of monitoring student progress, evaluator accountability, and the scoring of education outcomes, such as, for example, in pre-kindergarten (pre-K) to twelfth grade environments. The assistive assessment platform described herein allows for the simultaneous remote evaluation of a single student by an arbitrary number of authenticated teachers.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 28, 2021
Publication date:
December 23, 2021
Applicant:
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Yaacov M. Petscher, Cody S. Diefenthaler, Stephen Griffin, Christopher Womack, Hugh Catts
Abstract: Micro-architecture designs and methods are provided. A computer processing architecture may include an instruction cache for storing producer instructions, a half-instruction cache for storing half instructions, and eager shelves for storing a result of a first producer instruction. The computer processing architecture may fetch the first producer instruction and a first half instruction; send the first half instruction to the eager shelves; based on execution of the first producer instruction, send a second half instruction to the eager shelves; assemble the first producer instruction in the eager shelves based on the first half instruction and the second half instruction; and dispatch the first producer instruction for execution.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2019
Date of Patent:
November 30, 2021
Assignees:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Michigan Technological University
Abstract: Bandgap-tunable perovskite compositions are provided having the formula CsPb(A)xBy)3, wherein A and B are each a halogen. The mixed halide perovskite composition has a morphology which suppresses phase segregation to stabilize a tuned bandgap of the mixed halide perovskite composition. For example, the perovskite may be in the form of nanocrystals embedded in a non-perovskite matrix, which, for example, may have the formula Cs4Pb(A)xBy)6, wherein A and B are each a halogen. Solar cells and light-emitting diodes comprising the mixed perovskite compositions are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 30, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2021
Assignee:
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Hanwei Gao, Biwu Ma, Yichuan Ling, Xi Wang
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a devices, systems and methods implementing a single transformer-based gate driver. In one embodiment, single transformer-based gate driver includes an RF source; a PWM controller; an edge detector and pulse generating circuit operably connected to the RF source and PWM controller; a transformer comprising a primary side and a secondary side, the primary side of the transformer operably connected to an output of the edge detector and pulse generating circuit, the secondary side of the transformer operably connected to a rectifier circuit and a signal recovery circuit; and a drive circuit operably connected to the rectifier circuit and the signal recovery circuit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 12, 2021
Assignee:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.